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SICK!

Lives Reimagined through art

We've been busy behind the scenes.

Our vision is evolving, our award-winning year-round programmes are growing, and a bold new chapter is unfolding with our new brand.

SICK! is more than a festival. We're a North Manchester-based arts organisation with local roots and global collaborations, using arts and creativity to connect people, communities, and artists, making everyone creators of fairer, healthier futures.

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Three performers with long dark wigs pose closely together against patterned wallpaper, styled like the band The Shaggs.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD: IN BED WITH MY BROTHER

29-30 May2026

Ridiculed then revered, The Shaggs were once called the best worst band in the world. Now their strange and legendary story gets the biopic it never asked for.

A wild and raucous assault-course emancipation
- The List
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Collage artwork of two grayscale figures on a red patterned background. One looks over red glasses; the other looks upward thoughtfully. White floral shapes frame the image.

Second Trimester: Krishna Istha & Geetha Shankar 

27-28 May 2026

One Stage. Two Generations. Endless Drama. Based on a true story, Second Trimester asks: how well can you ever really know your parents?

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A tattooed, barefoot person is captured mid-jump above a white bed, their pale robe billowing as they float against a soft grey studio backdrop.

EXXY: DAN DAW CREATIVE PROJECTS

6-7 MAY 2026

EXXY (Aussie slang for, ‘that’s expensive, mate’) takes us on an epic and tender journey back to where Dan Daw began – working class, with very little.

TRULY REMARKABLE [AND] LIFE-AFFIRMING
- THE HERALD
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